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Thu, Feb 27, 2014·Rexall Place, Edmonton

Minnesota Wild 3, Edmonton Oilers 0

Expected result

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 52% of the time.

EDM winsMIN wins

By period

Goals and shots on goal in each period.

TeamP1P2P3Total
MIN1611015321
EDM0601005021

Goals, with shots on goal in grey.

Scoring

Every goal, with the change it made to the home team's win probability.

  1. P1 2:04MINMikael GranlundGWGAssists: Zach Parise, Jared Spurgeon · Wrist, 0.14 xG1–0
  2. P2 9:37MINStephane VeilleuxAssists: Erik Haula, Nate Prosser · Slap, 0.05 xG2–0
  3. P3 9:29MINDany HeatleyAssists: Charlie Coyle, Nino Niederreiter · Wrist, 0.13 xG3–0
Penalties (14)
  1. P1 0:54MINKyle Brodziak: Roughing2 min
  2. P1 0:54EDMMatt Hendricks: Roughing2 min
  3. P1 7:00MINKeith Ballard: Roughing2 min
  4. P1 7:00EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Cross checking2 min
  5. P1 7:00EDMRyan Nugent-Hopkins: Roughing2 min
  6. P1 10:01MINKyle Brodziak: Slashing2 min
  7. P2 5:09MINNino Niederreiter: Hooking2 min
  8. P2 10:22EDMLuke Gazdic: Fighting5 min
  9. P2 10:22MINClayton Stoner: Fighting5 min
  10. P2 18:40MINErik Haula: Delaying game puck over glass2 min
  11. P3 9:45EDMMatt Hendricks: Boarding2 min
  12. P3 9:45EDMMatt Hendricks: Roughing2 min
  13. P3 9:45MINClayton Stoner: Roughing2 min
  14. P3 12:52MINKeith Ballard: Hooking2 min

Replay

Watch the game unfold on the ice: every shot, hit, turnover and faceoff appears as it happened, then fades. Drag the timeline to jump; goals are marked on it.

MIN00 SOG · 0.0 xG

20:00

P1

0.0 xG · 0 SOG0EDM
48% to win52% to win
← MIN attackEDM attack →
  1. P1 20:00Granlund won the faceoff against Gordon
  • Goal
  • Shot
  • Miss
  • Block
  • Hit
  • Takeaway
  • Giveaway
  • Faceoff
  • Penalty

The numbers

Team totals, side by side.

MINEDM
21Shots on goal21
1.9Expected goals1.7
45Shot attempts40
24Faceoffs won31
2Power plays4
19Penalty minutes15
13Hits13
14Blocked shots11
14Giveaways19
8Takeaways10

Line combinations that worked

Model-based

Each team's forward lines and defence pairs at 5-on-5 (two minutes or more together), best first by expected goals for minus against.

Minnesota Wild

Forward lines

  1. bestCooke – Brodziak – Fontaine5:37

    xG 0.27–0.04 (87%)attempts 9–3goals 0–0

  2. Pominville – Parise – Granlund11:58

    xG 0.29–0.06 (83%)attempts 10–6goals 0–0

  3. Veilleux – Mitchell – Haula4:46

    xG 0.10–0.06 (62%)attempts 3–2goals 1–0

  4. Cooke – Brodziak – Niederreiter3:18

    xG 0.05–0.05 (51%)attempts 2–3goals 0–0

Defence pairs

  1. bestBallard – Stoner8:43

    xG 0.36–0.12 (75%)attempts 5–3goals 1–0

  2. Suter – Brodin6:00

    xG 0.19–0.00 (100%)attempts 4–2goals 0–0

  3. Prosser – Brodin8:09

    xG 0.12–0.04 (75%)attempts 8–4goals 0–0

Edmonton Oilers

Forward lines

  1. Smyth – Hendricks – Gordon2:21

    xG 0.00–0.02 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  2. Hendricks – Gordon – Perron5:07

    xG 0.05–0.08 (40%)attempts 3–4goals 0–0

  3. Hemsky – Gagner – Hall2:32

    xG 0.00–0.07 (0%)attempts 0–2goals 0–0

  4. Hemsky – Gagner – Eberle7:12

    xG 0.10–0.17 (36%)attempts 8–6goals 0–1

Defence pairs

  1. bestSchultz – Belov3:24

    xG 0.53–0.00 (100%)attempts 3–0goals 0–0

  2. Petry – Marincin13:21

    xG 0.11–0.14 (44%)attempts 10–9goals 0–0

  3. Ference – Belov9:13

    xG 0.20–0.37 (35%)attempts 6–11goals 0–2

How the game flowed

Model-based

Chance quality for each side, minute by minute, with pressure underneath.

Expected goals flow

Running total of expected goals for each team. Steep climbs are spells of pressure; dots are goals. Shaded bands mark power plays (team colour), 4-on-4 or 3-on-3 (grey) and empty nets.

EDM 1.7 xGMIN 1.9 xG
00.511.52P1P2P3EndxG

Tempo: attempts, hits and takeaways per minute

EDMMIN

Win probability

Model-based

How each goal and each minute changed the likely winner.

Win probability

EDM's chance of winning through the game. Above the middle line EDM is favoured, below it MIN. Dots are goals.

Excitement 3/100 · #1128 of 1230 this seasonSwing 0.57 · 3 goals in reachComeback index 48% (winner's lowest chance)
MIN 100%5050%50EDM 100%P1P2P3EndBiggest swing +16 pts

Did the better team win?

Every shot replayed 10,000 times, scoring with its expected-goal probability.

Based on shot quality alone, Minnesota Wild win this game 52% of the time.

EDM winsMIN wins

Simulated goal difference (EDM − MIN), 10,000 replays

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0
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The outlined bar is the actual result (excluding the shootout).